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sgrios

sgrios

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

sgrios m (genitive singular sgriosa, plural sgriosan)

  1. destruction, ruin, annihilation, bane, decimation, demolition, eradication, erasing, extermination, extinguishing
  2. verbal noun of sgrios

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish scrisaid (scrapes; erases, blots out, wipes away, obliterates, banishes; destroys, wipes out) (compare Irish scrios (scrape, tear, off; scratch out, erase, delete; destroy, ruin)), from Old Irish scris, verbal noun of sceirtid (strips, peels or scrapes off).

Verb

sgrios (past sgrios, future sgriosaidh, verbal noun sgrios or sgriosadh, past participle sgrioste)

  1. destroy, ruin, annihilate, decimate, demolish, devour, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, sack, waste, wreck

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